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She Created the Largest Commercial Real Estate Conference Focused on Diversity
Adeola Adejobi is the Founder and CEO of Diversity in Commercial Real Estate (DCRE), the nation’s leading conference for professionals of color in commercial real…
Largest Black-Led Bank Hosts Conversation About Real Estate and the Wealth Gap
“Black Voices in Real Estate LA/DC” conducted a bi-coastal virtual panel this past Black history month featuring various real estate, banking experts, and Black…
Lise Birikundavyi on Building Canada’s First Black-Led VC Fund
By Tony O. Lawson Venture capital in Canada has a short list of institutional firsts. Lise Birikundavyi holds one of them. As Managing Partner…
Alexiou Gibson Shares How He Grew His Sea Moss Business From Zero to Multi Millions in Less Than a Year
In this Black Founder Spotlight, we’re speaking with Alexiou Gibson. Alexiou is the CEO and Founder of the Transformation Factory, a Florida-based business that…
Lockstep Ventures, the $50M Fund Investing in Systemic Change
In this Black Investor Spotlight, we spoke with Marcus Glover, the Co-Founder, General Partner & Managing Partner at Lockstep Ventures. Lockstep Ventures is a…
Their $30M Investment Fund Focuses on Closing the Wealth Gap Through Employee Ownership
Apis & Heritage Capital is a $30 million investment fund that uses a novel “employee-led buyout” (ELBO©) structure to provide workers of color and…